Cane carrier and feeder.



Patented Nov. l9, I90l.

H. WlcKS.

CANE BARRIER AND FEEDER.

(Application filed 5px". 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

IN VEN 70/? A TTORNE rs WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY WIOKS, OF ISLAND OF HAWAII, TE RITORY OF HAWAII.

CANE CARRIER AND FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,095, dated November19, 1901.

Application filed April 5, 1901.

To ctZZ whom it mag/concern! Be it known that I, HARRY WIOKS, a citizenof the British Empire, and a resident of the Island ofHawaii,Territoryof Hawaii,have invented a new and Improved Cane Carrier and Feeder, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description. A V j Theinvention relates to an apparatus for handling sugar-cane,and especiallyuseful for drawing the cane into the carrier, which in turn delivers thecane to the rolls of the sugarmill. The device comprises a swiveled bodyportion in which a baris mounted to reciprocate,v the bar carrying ahook or hooks to engage the cane and drag it from one point to another.This specification is a'specifio description of one form of theinvention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scopethereofrReference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi-' catecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the feeder with parts broken away. Fig. 2 isan enlarged cross-section on the line2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 3 is anenlarged sectional elevation on the line 3'3 ofFig.1.

a represents a support, which is here shown to be in the form of aninverted- U iron bolted to a post a A body consisting of a sleeve 1) isbolted to a plate 0, carrying a stud d, fitted to turn loosely inthesupport a. Fitted to slide longitudinally in the sleeve his the bar 6,which carries at its front end two hooks f, the shanks of which projectout laterally, so that the bills or points of the hooks will be removedfrom each other. Fastened to the side of the sleeve 1) are cheek-piecesg, which project upward above the sleeve and carry a drum h. On thisdrum is wound several times a cable 2' of any sort, the ends of whichare fastened to the bar e by. hooks e, adjustably connected thereto, sothat the tension of-the cable may be regulated. For turning thepositions may be reached.

Serial No. 54,558. (No model.)

drum h a miter-gear h is fastened to the axle of the. drum and is meshedwith a similar gear 71 on 'ashaft k mounted to turn on one I of thecheek-pieces g. This shaft h carries forward, and by engaging the hooksf with f the cane the latter maybe moved about as desired. The wholeapparatus may be turned on its pivot or swivel, so that cane in variousHaving thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cane-feeder,haviuga bar with means for mounting and operating the same,and two hooksattached to the ends of the bar and sitely, from each other to separatethe points or bills of the hooks. I 2. In a cane-carrier and feeder, thecombie having their shanks projected outwardopp'oa nation of a bodymounted'to turn and com nation of a body, a bar slidably carried there-1 by, means attached to the bar to engage the cane, a drum mounted onthe. body, and a cable the ends of which are attached to the ends of thebar,the cable being wound around the drum. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses HARRY WIGKS.

Witnesses:

E. E. BOMKE, J. W. LEONHART.

